When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
PAUL SIMONThere are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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I’m always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.
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When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.
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I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don’t get sentimental. I think we’re all afraid to reveal our hearts. It’s not at all in fashion.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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